Towns/Villages

[Time]

Knowing that the Vikings were responsible for towns/villages ending in the letters ..by ie Rugby, can anyone tell me or how I can find out myself (without scouring the road atlas) which is the most southerly named town ending in ....by?
Thank you
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[Necromancer]

The dividing line runs diagonally from the south-east to north-west ish .... Danelaw areas agreed above and to the east of the line.... think it starts near London...

Try googling for an article amplifying this, and you'll hopefully get a fix on what you ask !

Heres a start .,.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danelaw

[Necromancer]

Map - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:England-878ad.jpg

[stanmapstone]

See
Scandinavian origins of place names in Britain

http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/freefun/didyouknow/placenames/scan.html

Stan

[Time]

Thank you for the replies and the links.


Time